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Parent Connext™, Parenting Tips

Help Your Family Manage The Homework Blues

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Helping Your Family Manage the Homework Blues  Homework can sometimes feel like a 2nd job for your kids…and for you too. Nobody likes bringing work home, your kids included. Managing the Homework Blues  First, try and be intentional with your family’s time. Your kids need downtime to relax and decompress after school. We understand that this is not always possible with after-school sports, clubs, dance, etc., but having dedicated time for your child to process their day can ease some of the stress of homework time.  Next, have an open conversation with your child about homework. What is important to your family about completing homework? This can be an excellent teaching opportunity to help your young student understand responsibility and accountability. Make sure you understand and discuss the school’s and the teacher’s expectations as well. Teachers are likely to focus on learning, practice, repetition, and mastery in terms of homework expectations.  Take Off Your Teacher Hat  You do not have to grade, correct, or even watch over your child while they are doing their homework. Let your child take ownership and make mistakes. Remember FAIL is just a first attempt in learning. The point of homework is not for the teacher to know what YOU know, but to assess what the student knows. You can support your child of course, and provide help when needed, but correcting them can create tension and conflict that is unhelpful. And doing the work for them doesn’t help them learn the content or responsibility.  Try to incorporate fun and play when appropriate and remember your child needs time to be a child and just play. If your evenings are overwhelmed by too much homework, check-in with your child’s teacher and let them know it is too much and problem-solve a plan together to reduce the amount of time your child has to do homework. Handling Frustration and Refusal to do Homework  Sometimes children are just overwhelmed. School isn’t just about learning, your child is dealing with friends, other commitments, and strong emotions as they grow up. It’s a lot! So, it’s no wonder sometimes homework can bring on strong emotions even some tears.  If your child is not wanting to do their homework, instead of getting drawn into a power struggle, connect your child with another activity, then get curious about what is really going on. There is likely an unmet need the child has and if you can meet that need, you get more cooperation.  Have your child do something active before you start, eat a snack, and let them choose the best time for them. Do you want to do it before or after dinner? Make it fun and doable. If your child has a lot of homework, chunk it out, and give lots of breaks with fun rewards like playing a game or going outside.  Homework can cause lots of frustrations, power struggles, and stress within your family. Knowing how to help your child manage that stress can take the pain out of homework time and return some sense of sanity to your busy evening routines. 

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Foster Care, foster care month, Foster Parents, Uncategorized

Foster Care Super Saturday Training Conference June 18, 2022

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Super Saturday: A Virtual Foster Parent Training Event! Join Beech Acres Parenting Center for Super Saturday: A Virtual Foster Parent Training Event Saturday, June 18, 2022. All attendees are welcome! Training certificates are provided as needed after the event. Attend for a chance to win door prizes awarded throughout the day! Please reserve one ticket per attendee regardless of how many sessions you will attend.  Registered attendees will be able to select individual sessions during the event.  Video required, same-household attendees may attend on one or multiple devices. Questions? Contact Sarah or Ryshel for more information or register online here. Download more information here. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9:00 AM – Welcome & Opening Remarks 9:15 AM – DEI Workshop Part 1 10:00 AM – Break 10:15 AM – Morning Workshops 12:15 PM – Lunch 12:45 PM – Guest Speaker 1:00 PM – DEI Workshop Part II 1:45 PM – Break 2:00 PM – Afternoon Workshops 4:00 PM – Panel Discussion 4:45 PM – Closing Remarks Scheduled to Appear LaTrese Green Nurturing Self and Being Love LaTrese Green is a Health Educator residing in the Greater Cincinnati Region. She is as well a meditationand yoga instructor as well. She uses a plethora of wellness skills to enhance the community, locally and globally into a more holistic lifestyle. The Nurturing Self and Being Love Session is about finding your sense of peace in everyday life habits and situations. Tree Essentials LLC will provide you with applicable tips and skills to further enhance your self-love journey. Melissa Adamchik Trauma and Resilience within a Developmental Perspective Melissa Adamchik, MA, LPP, is the Executive Director of the Tristate Trauma Network since its formationin 2015. In addition, she works as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Social Work at Northern Kentucky University. Melissa hasher Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Spalding University and is independently licensed as a Psychological Practitioner in Kentucky. This session will discuss the effects of traumatic experiences on the development of the brain and the body and how these translate into behavioral presentations. It will also explore the resilience factors that can help to mitigate these effects for children in the short and long term. Mark Cardwell Let’s Talk About It. Mark Cardwell is the founder and principal consultant for Cardwell Communications LLC, a full-service marketing consultancy. After being in 5 five foster homes Mark was adopted at the age of 5. After Ohio records were unsealed Mark searched for and was reunited with his birth family after 50 years of separation. In the discussion “Let’s Talk About It”, I share my personal experience and perspective on how we might manage the uncomfortable or tough conversations that come up in all stages of the adoption journey. Yolanda NAMI – Ending the Silence for Families Yolonda is a Recovery Ambassador! She is currently a volunteer peer leader for NAMI Southwest Ohio where she leads Peer to Peer classes, helps facilitate Connections Support Groups, and is an In Our Own Voice and Ending the Silence presenter. She writes a Word Press blog, Bridges to Hope. She also volunteers for the Southwest Ohio Council on Aging and leads classes now online and over the phone on Chronic Pain and Chronic Disease as well as Diabetes Self-Management. Ending the Silence is an engaging presentation about mental health for parents and caregivers where a lead presenter shares an informative presentation and a young adult with a mental health condition shares their journey of recovery. Sarah Breetz, LSW, MSW Promoting Normalcy in Foster Care Sarah Breetz, LSW, MSW, is the Manager of Training and Licensing at Beech Acres. Sarah has worked in Foster Care at Beech Acres since 2013. Sarah is a Licensed Social Worker and has a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Louisville. Youth in foster care often talk about feeling different from their peers. Regulations set in place to create safety for young people can often create barriers that cause them to miss out on experiences. This session will focus on efforts to provide normalcy for foster youth. Ryshel Bowling Where do I belong… Placement from a Bio Child’s perspective. Ryshel and her husband were licensed foster care parents for more than 2 years for teen girls. They completed their family through adoption in November of 2021. Ryshel will be joined by her daughter, Elizabeth, to provide first-hand insight on the adjustment of placement for bio children in the home. Katie Beurket Supporting Children & Families After a Death Katie has a B.S. in Communications with a focus on Organizational & Health Communication from Ohio University. Her introduction to Fernside was as a teenager participating in our support groups following the death of her father in 2009. While still in high school, Katie returned to Fernside to volunteer as a member of our teen PIT (Philanthropists in Training) Crew. After college, she completed our Facilitator Training Program where she volunteered for three years before joining the staff at the beginning of 2021. Katie coordinates our East Side and Tuesday Blue Ash group nights as well as our Community Outreach & Education Program, including oversight of all social media platforms. She also assists with our Camp and Crisis Programs. Join us for informational training with Fernside Center for Grieving Children and Families. The training will cover the developmental stages of grief for children ages 3-18 including different grief reactions and ways to help a grieving child. We will discuss tips and interventions for working with children who have experienced different types of grief. There will be an informational segment on Fernside services and a Q & A session for families. Kenny McQuitty Internet Safet for Kids and Families Technology has an inevitable place in our day-to-day activities and lives. It is up to us to make sure technology doesn’t go outside the boundaries we set for it. And as we do that we create a space that honors each person’s sense of belonging. Kenny McQuitty currently serves as the Associate Pastor at

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Foster Care, Foster Parents, Uncategorized

Beech Acres Parenting Center Foster and Adoptive Care

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Beech Acres Parenting Center Foster Care and Adoptive Care Beech Acres Parenting Center has matched children with safe, loving, well-trained foster parents for over 40 years. But we need your help. There is a child in this community waiting for someone just like you–someone who can provide a safe haven, open arms, and a loving heart. We will train you and guide you every step of your journey. More than ever, Greater Cincinnati kids need foster parents. Every day, around 1,800 children in Hamilton County need foster care. Add Clermont, Warren, Butler, and the other Greater Cincinnati counties, and the number of youth in need of foster care is staggering. Every child deserves a stable and secure home. Foster parents give our community’s most vulnerable children a safe, loving environment in which they can grow and thrive. What Makes Beech Acres Parenting Center Different? At Beech Acres Parenting Center your family is our family. Over 40 years of experience have made it clear that the best way to help the community is to build a community. We connect our families and focus on creating a nurturing and supportive network around them. Our collaborative Foster Care & Adoption team inspire & equip foster care parents with the skills and knowledge to be confident in their ability to unlock their families’ natural strengths and create a safe, stable & nurturing environment to raise their children. Foster Care & Adoption Team Goals Work with foster parents and birth parents to take a holistic view of the child’s welfare. Whenever possible, reunite foster children with their birth families. Recruit adults wanting to help kids, driven by our values & mission, who want to give an amazing experience to kids and are willing to be part of a community. Create a tight-knit community with the Foster Care families filled with encouragement and support. Beech Acres Parenting Center Foster Care families often refer their friends to us. Why? It’s in the details… • Beech Acres Parenting Center’s unique framework, Natural Strength Parenting™, is infused in training & support for all Foster Care parents. • A culture of advocating for the whole family, not just the children. • A network of support with other foster families, both informally and in a group setting. • Foster-to-adopt licensing offered.• Nurturing staff members with small, manageable caseloads. • Unique two-person foster care parent/child matching team ensures intensive review & strong fit between family & foster care child. • Case aides who provide transportation assistance. • Competitive per diem and mileage reimbursement rates • 24-hour emergency access to Beech Acres foster care social workers. • Bi-monthly newsletters welcome new families, celebrate anniversaries, send lists of free upcoming family activities & educate foster families about helpful community resource organizations. • Annual appreciation events including a Foster Parent Appreciation Dinner, a Foster Family Cookout and a Holiday Party. • Free tickets to area events like sporting matches, ballets & plays, through Most Valuable Kids. • Easy access to Beech Acres Parenting Center behavioral health services, should you need them. Additional details that make a difference… Bridge gaps between families and county workers to provide excellent care and case coordination. Maintain low caseloads to ensure our social workers are more accessible and easily reached. Train our foster parents in Trauma Informed Care. Teach them to ask “What happened to you?” insteadof “What’s wrong with you?”. Encourage our foster parents to use strong communication skills, Trauma Informed Care knowledge, and Natural Strength ParentingTM to minimize disruption of children in their homes. Develop strong, positive relationships between foster parents and primary families. Proactively attend court hearings, conferences, SAR’s, school meetings, etc. Available 24-7 via our on-call emergency line which rings directly to one of our social workers. Support from resolution-oriented leadership team who are, involved, accessible, and approachable. Here’s what our foster parents are saying… “Beech Acres is amazing! They’re always available to support and encourage their foster parents.” “It’s so rewarding. I know there is a great need and I feel like I’m playing a part on a big team that is making a difference.” “The staff and fellow foster parents are awesome!” Beech Acres Parenting Center. Standing behind those who stand up for kids in foster care for over 40 years.

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Foster Care

Four Steps to Become a Foster Parent

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You’ve made the decision to open your heart and your home to a child who needs a safe place to live and thrive, but you’ve got questions about the entire process. Becoming a foster parent can certainly seem like an intimidating process. There is a lot of paperwork, training, and home visits, but don’t those things deter you. Here are four steps to becoming a foster parent. And don’t worry, we’ll be with you the whole way. Training, Application, and Paperwork Ohio requires specific training to become a Foster Parent. Beech Acres offers comprehensive options to complete your required training. Your application is completed online so you can apply and track your progress! Homestudy Don’t know if your home is ready? Our Licensing Professionals can help with that. Our team has seen it all and will approach this process with compassion & empathy. And without any judgment. Licensure Now, it’s getting real. After you finish your home study, we will review it for approval and then send your application to Ohio Job and Family Services! Placement! Once you complete your training and your application is approved you’re ready to begin welcoming children into your home. Our team is with you every step of the way.

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Foster Care, foster care month

Flip For Foster Care!

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You’ll FLIP for this!  National Foster Care Month UPDATE: Mariah and Aubree have issued a challenge. Will YOU and your family take a stand and raise awareness for Foster Care and FLIP with them?There are just a few days left in Nation Foster Care Month. The girls have raised $3,000 but they are hoping to raise more!They are challenging you to upload a video of yourself, your children, or your whole family “flipping” for foster care!! A ”flip” can be as simple as a somersault. For every “flip” please also consider a $5 donation towards making a difference for Foster Care. Tag Beech Acres Parenting Center and use the hashtag #FlipForFosterCare.Will YOU #flipforfostercare? May is National Foster Care Month and Mariah & Aubree want to make a difference for foster families. This dynamic duo is challenging you to #TakeAChance on #FosterCare by making a donation to Beech Acres Parenting Center. Their goal is $5000, but we have a feeling once you see their giving hearts, they’ll easily crush that goal. This #FosterCareFriday let’s #FlipForFosterCare!  Support Flip For Foster Care There are so many ways to support this campaign. Venmo Calena Durel at Calena-Durel. (If they reach their goal Mom is going to do a flip. 😀) Facebook Fundraiser  Start your own Facebook Fundraiser! Let’s see those flips. Make a secure one-time or monthly online donation. Make sure to choose “Flip For Foster Care” from the drop-down or leave a note indicating you’re supporting Mariah & Aubree. Donate via PayPal.  Leave a note indicating you’re supporting Mariah & Aubree. Call (513) 231-6630 and ask to speak to someone in the development office. 

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Foster Care, foster care month

Take a Chance on Foster Care This May!

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May Is Foster Care Month Each May, we celebrate National Foster Care Month. It’s a time to bring awareness to the incredible need for loving families to open their hearts and their homes to children who just need a place to be loved. It’s also an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the families that have already taken a chance on foster care. Take A Chance There has never been a better time to consider foster care. The need for foster parents in the Greater Cincinnati and Dayton areas is greater than ever. Make a real difference in your community by exploring, supporting, or becoming a foster parent! This May we challenge YOU to take a chance on foster care! How To Become A Foster Parent Becoming a foster family is a tremendous responsibility with an equally tremendous reward. The need for foster families has never been greater. Take your first step by contacting Ryshel today at 1-855-787-KIDS (1-855-787-5437). The licensing process takes approximately 3-6 months. Get started with your required classes now. Check out our Foster Care FAQ for more information. Our comprehensive training program prepares you to succeed. We will train you and guide you on every step of your journey. Click here to see our upcoming training schedule. Why Beech Acres? We’ve been standing behind those who stand up for kids in foster care for more than 40 years. Serving Greater Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Dayton & Montgomery County. We build a community around our foster parents. Our foster families support each other, build each other up, and offer a support network of people with shared experiences and unique perspectives to help every family succeed. Our friends at the Cincinnati Public Library put this reading list together featuring books with children experiencing foster care.

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divorce, Parents & Partners Divorcing

Moving After Divorce How to Keep Co-Parenting in Mind When Relocating

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Divorce is difficult for everyone, and one of the hardest parts as a parent is having to relocate. When moving after your divorce, it’s important to keep your children’s best interests at heart to help them discover their new lives and to make co-parenting easier for you and your ex.  Once your divorce is finalized, you’ll first have to decide who will be keeping the marital home. It is important to be as objective as possible during this process to make sure that whoever ends up with the home can afford it on their own. Whoever doesn’t end up with the house will then have to move. Below are some things to keep in mind when moving after your divorce. Decide Where to Move Deciding where you’ll move is probably the most important part of this journey, especially when it comes to co-parenting. Depending on your custody agreement, you’ll most likely want to find a place that is close to the other parent’s location. This will make sharing custody much easier, as well as allow you to spend quality time with your children when you do see them, rather than having a lengthy car ride to drop them off each time. You’ll also be closer to their current school to make attending any functions easier. Renting vs. Buying Deciding whether you should rent or buy a home is a big decision, each with its own list of advantages and disadvantages. Renting will allow you more flexibility as well as less commitment. You may want to rent in a certain location to see if it’s a great fit for you and your children before you commit to moving there permanently. Another advantage of renting is that you typically don’t have to worry about any of the upkeep that is associated with owning.  If you decide buying a house is right for you, you’ll want to look into home loan rates to determine how much house you can afford. Depending on the market, you can opt for a 15-year or 30-year mortgage. A 15-year allows for lower interest overall, with a higher monthly payment; whereas a 30-year allows for higher interest long-term, but a lower monthly payment. Purchasing a home also gives you the freedom to customize whatever you want, allowing your children to adjust to their new space more quickly.  Allow Time to Adjust It can take years for a family to adjust to a divorce. During this period of change, it’s crucial to give your kids plenty of time to grow accustomed to their new lives. They’ll often times feel confused about the changes they are dealing with, and that’s ok. Give them the opportunity to explore their new space and make it their own. It’s crucial that you keep open lines of communication with them, but also give them the freedom they need to adjust.  Navigating both moving and co-parenting after a divorce can be a difficult process. Make sure that you keep your children’s best interests at heart to help ease them into their new normal as seamlessly as possible.  More Divorce Resources from Beech Acres Parenting Center Helping your children cope with divorce. Telling your kids about your divorce. Working through custody together. Tips for co-parenting. Talking to your kids about divorce – FREE text-based course.

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Natural Strength Parenting™, Parent Connext™, Parenting Tips

Helping Emotionally Sensitive Boys Manage Their Emotions Positively

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Boys Have Feelings Too Pre-teenage boys bring with them a wide range of complicated and unique issues. Recently we helped a family navigate some challenges related to emotional sensitivity that may sound familiar to you. Their 12-year-old son was having trouble processing and expressing emotions, especially around specific stressors. He was quick to react negatively to even seemingly basic or otherwise non-confrontational conversation. He remarked that he felt that he was being yelled at ‘all the time’. Further, he would quit trying and become frustrated when facing a loss in sports. Sound familiar? Read on for tips from our parenting experts on handling emotionally sensitive pre-teen boys. During the pre-teen years, emotions can have a stronghold on both boys and girls. This can be as frustrating for parents as it is scary for kids. How those emotions get expressed depends on many factors. Knowing our own expectations, how our brains are wired, and ways to support, (not change) children, is key. Social Cues and Unconscious Expectations We live in a world that dictates to us, less so now than in previous generations but still exists, gender-approved responses. A little girl can cry without the same response that a little boy might receive. If a little girl keeps her emotions to herself, she may be seen as snobby or uncaring. Imagine this message for a boy about to be a teen! Unconsciously we encourage certain behaviors from our children so it’s important to check in with ourselves about those expectations. Where does our emotional gauge land? How different are we from our children? Check in with their teacher about the ‘language of emotion’ in the classroom. How is the teacher supporting a range of emotions equally from both genders and how is emotional regulation being encouraged? Beech Acres may be in your child’s school. Click to learn more. Brain Science/Development We are born into the world equipped with many of our personality traits (temperament for example). These differences that are grounded in one’s biological makeup present diverse challenges for parents who must respond to different kinds of children. When it comes to finding the ‘best approach’, one size does not fit all. In addition, as young children develop, their early emotional experiences literally build from their biological makeup and become embedded into the architecture of their brains. Knowing that it is part of our wiring as to how we respond to our inner and outside world helps. At no other time in a child’s life will they go through more emotional, physical, and cognitive changes than they do in their teens. An 11-year-old is ‘next door’ to that time in his life so everything is amplified. This can fuel or intensify emotions making a sensitive child seem even more so. Emotional sensitivity happens in two ways: One is how tuned in to their own feelings and how tuned in to other people’s feelings they are. Developmentally, children can experience one or the other differently. It can seem like ‘he does not care how his reaction makes me feel, he just seems to care about how it makes him feel”. What Can Parents Do? Working with your child’s sensitivity, and appreciating this strength for all the wonderful benefits it provides him throughout life is a good place to start. Celebrate those advantages with him so that he does not feel as if there is something wrong with him. Share without judgment that is tuned in to how they feel is such a good thing AND it can also create some pretty strong feelings that take hold and can make us feel like we have no control.” Get curious: “do you notice how that happens for you?” You might share “when I have a strong reaction, I can feel it in my stomach. And I might say something that I later regret. What about you?” Using the language of emotion will help you to have this conversation. Get creative and curious. Role play with him. “Can you help me hear how my response should be so that it does not sound like yelling to you?” Watch a show together and notice how people speak differently to one another and talk about how you may hear the response differently and why: we listen to one another through our ‘filters’. You can make a mask with words on the front that are ways we hear others and on the inside how those words make us feel. A 12-year-old said his ‘outside word’ was “you need to” and his inside word was “you are not good enough”. Identifying one of his strengths, ask how he might use that to understand that a person’s tone is not always how we ‘filter’ it. Give examples of how you have misinterpreted a person’s response. Be clear about expectations. “I feel disrespected when you talk back to me”. Teaching children to pause is a great way for them to learn to be less reactive. Ask, “How can you help yourself to pause before responding because when you talk back I stop listening and that does not get either of us anywhere.” Follow up with that question: “How will that make a difference in the way that we solve the problem? What can I do to help?” “When you are disrespectful you lose……and I know that is not what you want to have happen.” Every parent has a different rule about sports, but the coach is also a partner in this. Ask him/her how she handles ‘sore loser’ syndrome and what are some ways that you can support their message. Ask your son when he does not accomplish what he hoped to do (a good way to phrase that), what are some ways that he can improve on what he is doing. Ask what he tells himself about not accomplishing what he thought he should. Where does that expectation come from? How are others doing on the team? How does he measure success in his own mind? Ask him to

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character strengths, Mindfullness, Natural Strength Parenting™, Parent Connext™, Parenting Tips, Parents

Let’s Get Started With Natural Strength Parenting™

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Parenting Is Hard! Being a parent is the most important and challenging job you’ll ever do! Natural Strength Parenting™ can help you navigate the challenging times and enjoy your child more. What is Natural Strength Parenting™ Natural Strength Parenting™ is a unique approach to parenting that encourages you to be intentional and mindful in your parenting while focusing on your child’s innate strengths. Building on their strengths will increase their confidence, self-esteem, and resilience, all of which lead to positive well-being. Natural Strength Parenting™ combines intentionality, the 24 character strengths, and the positive psychology of mindfulness into an effective parenting model that can have a profound impact on your family. Start By Being Intentional To be intentional is to live a proactive, purposeful life instead of a reactive life on auto-pilot.Here are some simple steps to get started with intentionality. • Stop asking your children, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ ask them ‘Who do you want to be when you grow up? What type of adult?’• Take a moment to contemplate what you want your children to say about you in your eulogy.Bigger Steps:• Write down your values as a family. Here is a true story of one family.• Color a family crest together from the Natural Strength Parenting™ Starter Kit. Discover Your Family’s Strengths Did you know everyone has 24 character strengths inside of them? Natural energy comes from using our top 5 – but all are inside! Human’s reflex is to fix what’s wrong… but brain science has taught us by encouraging your children’s strengths builds the resilience and skills to resist the negative influences surrounding them. Here are some simple steps to get started with strengths. • Try replacing the phrase ‘good job’ with something more specific. ‘It was brave of you to sign-up for that activity without knowing anyone.’ ‘You really persevered working through that social studies project.’ You are strength-spotting! Bigger Steps: • Either take the complete VIA Character Strength survey at their website or try the shorter version in our ‘starter kit’ and then plot out your family in the table! Practice Mindfulness We can only see our child(ren)’s strengths if our minds are open to them and purposely noticing what she/he is doing. Likewise, we can only set a specific intention for the future if we are aware of our current situation. Start with these simple steps to implement mindfulness. • Take a breath.• Play and put down the smartphone – try the Forest app Bigger Steps: • Teach your kids, S.T.O.P. and encourage them to use it before MAP tests, their next game; music recitals… or when they are about to lose it with a sibling. Putting It All Together You set an intention to raise a strong, independent daughter. You can reinforce this intention by making subtle changes in everyday moments. You’re in a hurry to get home after basketball practice. Your default might be to snap “Get in thecar. We’re running late.” Instead, you could remember your intention and mindfully engage.You might recall that she was afraid to try out for the team. “You used your strength of bravery when you tried out for the team.” Ask a powerful question in the moment: “What new thing did you learn today that will help you be a better player? I want to hear about it on the way home, but we’ve got to gobecause we’re running late today.” See how a small change can make a big difference?

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Get the Insiders’ Scoop!

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The Spring 2022 edition of Insiders’ Scoop is here! An exciting new chapter for Beech Acres Parenting Center is about to begin! Since August, we’ve been working closely with the board, leaders from across the organization, key staff members, and an outside consultant on what’s next for Beech Acres. We’ve laid out an exciting, intentional, and an inspirational new plan for the next three years that will shape the future of Beech Acres Parenting Center for years to come. This new plan includes an exciting new mission and vision for the organization that respects our past but guides us into the future, a new set of values that reflects who we are and who we want to be as an organization, and three foundational new strategic priorities that will be implemented over the next three years.The Accelerating Impact chart on the next page outlines the Plan for you. Our leadership team is now developing the key initiatives that will allow us to reach our North Star goal of strengthening our foundation to reach more, serve more and influence nationally. Details will be shared in the coming months, but I am particularly excited about these opportunities that are before us:• Expansion to a national footprint inThe Character Effect™, Parent Connext™ and as a thought leader in our field.• Founder and leader of the #GreatKidsGreaterCincinnati mental wellness movement.• Establish a Social Enterprise Lab to explore mission-driven business lines.• Explore new service lines, including pre-school programs, new products, and publishing opportunities.• Double down on success with our highly acclaimed evidence-based programs including Foster Care and Adoption, Kinship Care, and Mental Health Services. For over 170 years Beech Acres Parenting Center has been serving parents, families, and children by adapting to an ever-changing landscape. Meeting parents, families, and children where they are. Helping them discover what’s strong with them, not what’s wrong with them.Today, we begin our next century of serving the community. Together – and with your continued support – let’s make the world a brighter place for children to grow up. Download the latest edition of Insiders’ Scoop here. Want to become a Beech Acres Insider? Make a donation today to help support parents, families, and children!

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